Telespazio, one of the world’s leading operators in satellite services, is highly involved in areas of paramount importance for the public and private sectors, and provides satellite operation, multiple services in Earth observation, in satellite navigation, in integrated networks for multimedia telecommunications and integrated connectivity as well as numerous value-added services. In all these activities, Telespazio can count on its background of excellence, based on the technological expertise it has acquired in operating infrastructure and its involvement in highly innovative space programmes , such as AGILE, COSMO-SkyMed, EGNOS, Galileo, GMES, and SICRAL 1B .